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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Malva sylvestris

Common Name
Ebegumeci; Malva; High Mallow; Zeni-Aoi

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Lung Elsewhere *
Nerves Sicily *
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Pertussis France* *
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tea US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tumor Spain Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Neck) Sardinia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital Elsewhere *